Remind me, Lord, today of Your return;

Remind me, Lord, today of Your return; While here on earth I pray: May my heart for You yearn. From heav’n You’ll soon appear, Your face we’ll see; Awaiting You so dear we must always be. Yet how oft, forgetting Your promise true, I have lived my days far from You. May all my days ahead be fixed on Thee— Oh, I’m here, Lord, awaiting Thee!

While here below I stay, indeed I know— You will return one day; I must all things forgo. I set my all on You—You who are true; My life is set towards You, e’en the things I’ll do. I just see no hope on this dull, dark earth; No bright lot in false, fading mirth! My hope’s my coming Lord, our destiny— Oh, I’m here, Lord, awaiting Thee!